Year 6 pupils receiving Children's University for one year made a small gain in maths but less progress in reading, suggesting longer involvement may benefit children more¶

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q3 i? Children receiving CU for one year (Year 6) made a small gain in maths but less progress in reading compared to control children, and the smaller effects compared to the two-year Year 5 cohort suggest children may benefit from longer involvement. → Stephen Gorard 2017

Evidence¶

Stephen Gorard 2017¶

Stephen Gorard, Nadia Siddiqui, Beng Huat See, Emma Smith, Patrick White. (2017). Children's University: Evaluation report and executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED581159

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Additional findings from the RCT's secondary analysis of the one-year Year 6 volunteer cohort. The report states the smaller effects "suggest that children may benefit from longer involvement in CU".

"Children receiving CU for one year (those in Year 6) made a small gain in maths, but less progress in reading, compared to children in control schools. The smaller size of these effects compared to the results for the Year 5 cohort (that received CU for two years) suggests that children may benefit from longer involvement in CU."

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Related Claims¶

• Volunteer pupils in Children's University schools made 2 additional months' progress in reading and maths compared with volunteer pupils in control schools after two years — related
• All Year 5 children in CU schools made better average progress than control-school children regardless of their actual level of participation in CU activities — related